Employment & Labor

January 28, 2020

The California Court of Appeal, in its recent decision in Schmidt, et al. v. Superior Court, County of Ventura, affirmed the trial court’s ruling in favor of the employer, the Ventura County Superior Court. Two court employees alleged that a security guard employed by a private company sexually harassed them during the courthouse entry screening process. The Court of Appeal acknowledged in its opinion that the “slow and intrusive security process could annoy employees.” This…

The Labor & Employment Law Blog

Upcoming Seminar: Life After Dynamex and AB 5 – Independent Contractors v. Employees

By Ramona Carrillo

January 28, 2020

Summary of Program The risks involved in misclassifying a worker as an independent contractor rather than an employee have always been serious. A number of federal and state agencies regulate the proper classification of workers and have the authority to impose significant monetary and non-monetary sanctions against employers who get the classification wrong. AB 5 has changed the landscape yet again, and employers are now faced with converting contractors to employees unless they fit within…

Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives

New Wave of California Laws Enter 2020

By Debra Urteaga & Emily Burkhardt Vicente

January 28, 2020

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With the new year comes newly-enacted laws in California. Governor Gavin Newsom signed several new laws during the last legislative session, which went into effect January 1, 2020. Is your company ready for these changes?…

Employment Law

Employers in the Garden State Now Subject to Most Expansive Warn Act in the Nation

By Randi W. Kochman & Ian R. Phillips

January 28, 2020

On January 21, 2020, Governor Murphy signed into law Senate Bill 3170, the most expansive WARN Act in the nation. This law emanated from last year’s closure of Toys R Us, which left 2,000 New Jersey employees unemployed. The bill amends the Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act (“NJ WARN” or the “Act”). Here are the key provisions of this new law: The Act shall be effective July 19, 2020. NJ WARN still…

Workplace Law & Strategy

Seyfarth promotes Sarah Goodhew to partner

By Tim Griffin

January 28, 2020

Seyfarth is proud to announce the promotion of Sarah Goodhew to partner in its Sydney office. Sarah joined Seyfarth in 2015 when it established its Workplace Health and Safety practice. Australia Managing Partner, Darren Perry, said “We are excited to have Sarah become the second lawyer to be promoted to partner since we opened our Australian practice. Having worked in workplace health and safety law for nearly 15 years, she has developed extensive knowledge in…

The Labor Dish

Annual Employment Law Quiz

By DLA Piper

January 28, 2020

Introduction: Dear clients and friends, We just finished another year, which means it’s time once again for our yearly global employment law quiz. Have you kept up to date with the latest and zaniest in global employment laws? Take our quiz to find out. And even if you don’t know the answers, you can dazzle your friends and family with your newly acquired knowledge. Good luck! And if you missed previous years’ quizzes (or…

Employment Law Perspectives

Governor Lamont Signs Connecticut Restaurant Wage Bill Into Law

By Salvatore G. Gangemi & Adam D. Friedland

January 28, 2020

On January 6, 2020, Governor Ned Lamont signed bipartisan legislation addressing rates of pay for restaurant workers. The Governor vetoed a previous version of the bill which would have applied retroactively and effectively ended the viability of approximately two dozen pending minimum wage lawsuits. The new law does not apply retroactively, allowing the pending minimum wage suits to proceed.…

The Employer Report

While EEOC Report Shows Overall Decrease In Charges, Retaliation Continues To Be Top Charge

By Lara Grines

January 28, 2020

Last week, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a comprehensive breakdown of the workplace discrimination charges received in 2019. The report shows that fiscal year 2019 continued the trend of declining numbers of pending charges. Interestingly, the number of charges filed in 2019 is the lowest intake in any fiscal year since at least 1997. While there may be any number of explanations for the decrease, one possibility is that employees are turning…

Labor & Employment Law Blog

Expect More Pro-Business Rulings From NLRB This Year

By John Bolesta & Keahn Morris

January 28, 2020

This article originally appeared on Law360 on January 27, 2020. The current National Labor Relations Board was extremely kind to employers during 2019, issuing a multitude of precedent-setting decisions and new rules that reversed many of the excesses of the Obama board and returned the National Labor Relations Act to its more neutral legislative intent. The board’s current composition will change this coming August when member Marvin Kaplan’s term expires. But with the Republicans in…

The Mobile Workforce

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 To Usher In Brexit on 31 January 2020

By Elizabeth (Liz) Espín Stern

January 28, 2020

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After almost a decade of coalition and minority governments in the United Kingdom (“UK”), Prime Minister Boris Johnson won an 80-seat majority in the December 2019 General Election with the simple slogan: “Get Brexit Done.” This mandate meant that, after years of wrangling and tortuous procedural battles in Parliament, the Withdrawal Agreement Bill was passed and, on 23 January 2020, received Royal Assent to become law as the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020. Just…